Gulp
adventures on the alimentary canal
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Word Count
111,750 words, Guess
Page Count
447 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10141046153X
- ISBN-139781410461537
- Library of Congress Control Number2013015601
- OCLC Control Number990652991
- OCLC Control Number844789630
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781410461537
- Open LibraryOL27149464M
Classifications
- DDC612.3
- LCCQP145 .R532 2013
Description
The ever-curious and always bestselling Mary Roach takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour of our insides. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions inspired by our insides are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find names for flavors and smells? Why doesn't the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach bursts? Can constipation kill you? Did it kill Elvis? We meet scientists who tackle the questions no one else thinks -- or at least has the courage -- to ask. And we go on location to a pet food taste-test lab, a bacteria transplant, and into a live stomach to observe the fate of a meal. Like all of Roach's books, Gulp is as much about human beings as it is about human bodies.
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